American William Skinner & Sons Cast Bronze Advertising Paperweight Indian Chief related_ar6820-21 H prefix date code 1897

H prefix date code 1897

With copious illustrations

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Fixture: Height 27 inches

American William Skinner & Sons Cast Bronze Advertising Paperweight Indian Chief related_ar6820-21 H prefix date code 1897DETAILS An antique round disc, bronze paperweight with a portrait of the famous Native American Indian chief Unquomonk of the Agawam tribe who was the trademark image of the William Skinner and Sons textile company. PLACE OF ORIGIN United States MAKER William Skinner & Sons Ames Sword Co. (Haydenville, Massachusetts, 1848 1963) Founder(s): William Skinner (English American). Skinner moved to Massachusetts in 1843 and founded Unquomonk Silk Mills.